Lafayette Churches Visit Mission Guatemala

June 25-July 4, 2011, 20 people from Christ United Methodist Church (Lafayette, IN) and Our Saviour Lutheran Church, ELCA (West Lafayette, IN) worked alongside the staff of Mission Guatemala in San Andres, Semetebaj, and the surrounding area.  The running joke before we left was that people could either come to Christ or Our Saviour: it [...]

Chutinamit Receives New Beds

The families that make up the community of Chutinamit are literally  sleeping a little easier these days.  Recently, Mission Guatemala with the help of a team from  Roswell United Methodist Church delivered new beds and mattresses to the displaced community. The people of Chutinamit were forced from their homes in June of 2010 after Hurricane [...]

Feeding Center Building Opens in Nueva Esperanza

You could feel the excitement in the air in Nueva Esperanza as the community prepared to celebrate the opening of the new Feeding Center Building constructed by Mission Guatemala.  After many weeks of waiting and anticipation the community was ready to celebrate this new building which will be used to feed nearly 100 children each [...]

Chutinamit Receives New Water Filters

Each family in the the displaced community of Chutinamit is now drinking clean water through brand new water filters! Thanks to the children in the Awanas program of First United Methodist Church of Alabaster, Alabama, Mission Guatemala was able to distribute the water filters to each family.  The water filters provide an instant source of [...]

Feeding Program Makes Significant Progress

It’s been almost 2 months since the Mission Guatemala feeding program began in hope to improve the nutrition of the school children in Nueva Esperanza. Teachers have commented that they have seen a great improvement with respect to the behavior of the children. The kids are more awake and full of energy to learn, as [...]

Feeding Center Building Nears Completion

The Mission Guatemala feeding center building in Nueva Esperanza is nearing completion.  Once it is finished, the center will be used to feed nearly 100 children each day a healthy and nutritious lunch.  The building will have an eating area and a cooking area. In order to maximize space, the center was constructed with a [...]

Dentist Office Is Open!

It was a very exciting day as the Mission Guatemala dental office officially opened and saw its first patients!  The dentist,  Dr. Janet, was very busy as she treated men, women, and children on her first day.  Many people had heard about the dental office opening days in advance and had scheduled an appointment to [...]

Measuring Up and Weighing In

There was plenty of interest and enthusiasm from all the students in the Nueva Esperanza school as each student took his or her turn to be measured and weighed for the Mission Guatemala feeding program. We felt it was important to keep track of how each student in the feeding program is doing, so we [...]

Meet Dr. Janet the New Mission Guatemala Dentist

Mission Guatemala is one step closer to having its new dental offices open!  We now have a new dentist!  Dr. Janet has joined out staff to provide badly needed dental services at our mission site in San Andrés Semetabaj. Ayda Yaneth Gonzalez, or Dr. Janet, is a native of Columbia but has been living in [...]

Boxes of Medicines Arrive at Mission Guatemala

Boxes of medicines from Indiana United Methodist Churches have arrived in Guatemala.  There was much excitement at the clinic as the boxes were unloaded and carried into the building. Currently, the Mission Guatemala clinic staff is trying to sort the contents by type of medicine and then organize the medicines  by the expiration date.  This [...]

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